And, Brazil will launch a $ 1.9 billion credit plan for small and micro enterprises; Samsung will push the world’s first quantum encrypted mobile phone.

BBC Studios and ByteDance reached a content cooperation agreement. It is learned that on April 24, BBC Studios and the watermelon video of ByteDance announced that they have reached a new content cooperation agreement. This cooperation agreement will provide watermelon video users with multiple types of program content, and also includes the exclusive authorization of two new BBC documentaries in mainland China.

Alibaba Cloud will launch a US $ 30 million global SME support program. According to e27, Alibaba ’s Alibaba Cloud announced that it will launch a global SME support program to provide new and existing customers worldwide with more than US $ 30 million in cloud technical support and provide them with a place to maintain business in the epidemic. The required solution.

Authorized by the US FDA BYD masks expedite to sea. After opening the Japanese market, BYD masks entered the US market and obtained related authorization. Shanghai Securities News recently learned from the official website of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the KN95 mask produced by BYD’s subsidiary BYD Precision Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has been authorized by the US FDA for emergency use and can be sold in the US market.

DiDi Food ’s overseas subsidiary DiDi Food has expanded its Mexico operations to five other cities. According to LABS, in order to encourage people to stay at home during the outbreak, the company also expanded its restaurant delivery service to products offered by convenience stores and pharmacies.

India

Indian financial technology company DMI Finance raised US $ 123 million from South Korea ’s NXC. According to ET Tech, this round of financing has raised DMI Finance ’s valuation to more than $ 1 billion. DMI Group owns the housing finance department and consumer loan business. The company has a partnership with Samsung to provide loans for its customers to buy mobile phones. The group has invested $ 19.6 billion in loans and investments.

Paytm will invest in the pre-A round of financing of Indian sports platform Rooter Sports. According to DealStreetAsia reports, Adidas ’leAD motion accelerator and Indian VC Anthill Ventures will also participate in this round of financing. Rooter Sports Te founded in 2016chnologies is a sports community platform that allows sports fans to access specific content in their favorite language.

Facebook Messenger kids is now available in India. According to Inc42, as online learning has become a new way for children around the world, Facebook has decided to promote its Messenger Kids app to more than 70 countries including India. Facebook’s Messenger Kids is a video chat application that allows children to connect with family and friends in a space controlled by their parents. It is designed to provide a safe online space for children who are learning and communicating for the first time using online tools.

Southeast Asia

Malaysia energy company Serba Dinamik will raise US $ 53.5 million to reduce the asset-liability ratio and meet general working capital requirements. According to DealStreetAsia, the company provides engineering solutions for the oil, gas and power generation industries and will issue more than 153 million new shares, equivalent to 5% of its existing outstanding shares.

Sunway Berhad Malaysia will acquire 51% of the Malaysian Credit Bureau (CBM). According to DealStreetAsia, after the completion of the acquisition, Malaysian Credit Guarantee Corporation and Sunway Group will become two shareholders of CBM. This also marks Sunway Group’s entry into the financial technology field.

Sistema Asia, a Singapore-based venture capital, cooperates with the Russian State Venture Company (RVC) to promote technical cooperation. According to e27, according to this two-year cooperation, RVC will cooperate with Sistema Asia in the commercialization of advanced digital technology innovation. The partnership will also use Sistema Asia’s Sales Jet platform to expand market opportunities for Russian technology companies in Singapore and Asia. At the same time, RVC will assist Singapore-based companies to seek cooperation opportunities in the Russian technology ecosystem.

Latin America

Brazil will launch a US $ 1.9 billion credit plan for small and micro businesses. According to Latamlist, the plan will target companies with annual revenues not exceeding US $ 67,000, and it is estimated that 3 million companies will be eligible for support.

Africa

Sida Africa launched the converged e-commerce platform StarTimes GO. According to foreign media reports, Sida Times has launched a converged e-commerce shopping platform called StarTimes GO in the Pan-African region to provide African people with a technology-friendly (TOP) shopping experience. TOP, which is a multi-channel integrated service of TV Shopping (Online Shopping) and Phone-call Shopping.

Pan-African Banking Group Ecobank has opened its application for the third Ecobank Fintech Challenge. According to Disrupt Africa, the finalists will be selected as Ecobank Fintech researchers and participate in commercial training camps, followed by an awards and innovation fair held at the Ecobank Group headquarters in Lomé, Togo, in June 2020. The challenge provides start-ups with the opportunity to promote their fintech solutions and is likely to be promoted in the bank ’s 33 markets.

Tanzanian telecommunications company Tigo Tanzania has developed a cross-platform mobile wallet business in East Africa. According to IT News Africa, Tigo has partnered with Kenya ’s financial services platform M-Pesa, Rwandan and Uganda telecommunications companies MTN and Rwanda ’s telecommunications service provider Airtel to implement cross-platform functions between their respective mobile wallet services -This move will allow customers to send and receive funds from East Africa.

Other

Blackstone Group ’s Q1 revenue was US $ 2.237 billion, up 10.47% year-on-year. The Blackstone Group announced its first quarter financial report today, with revenue of US $ 2.237 billion, an increase of 10.47% year-on-year. The loss in the first quarter was US $ 1.07 billion, of which the portfolio yield of private equity funds fell by 21.6%, but Blackstone Group had investable funds of US $ 151.5 billion, management fee income increased by 20%, and announced that it would pay a dividend of US $ 700 million. (Glonghui)

Samsung will launch the world ’s first quantum encrypted mobile phone. According to the exclusive report of Korean media Etnews, Samsung will join hands with local operator SK Telecom to launch the world ’s first quantum encryption smartphone “GALAXY Quantum” in May. The feature of this mobile phone lies in the base of Samsung A71 5GOn the basis, a quantum random number generation chip (QRNG) developed by SK Telecom is installed to ensure the credible authentication and encryption of user’s sensitive information and effectively prevent hacker attacks.

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